Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720-1460, USA.
Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 2012 Oct 29;51(44):11115-21. doi: 10.1002/anie.201202328. Epub 2012 Oct 4.
Hydridosilicate anions (ArSiH(4) and SiH(6)) were stabilized as ligands in diruthenium Si-H σ-complexes [{(PhBP(Ph(3))Ru}(2)(μ-Cl)(μ-η(3),η(3)-H(4)SiAr)] (Ar = 2-MeOC(6)H(4), Mes, Ph) and [{(PhBP(Ph)(3))Ru}(2)(μ-η(4),η(4)-H(6)Si)] (see picture). These complexes were formed under mild conditions and characterized by single-crystal X-ray diffraction (see picture), NMR and IR spectroscopy, and computational techniques.